They called my 17 year old daughter who is trying to get scholarships for college and told her she got a $9000 grant from the government that she will not have to pay back and that she could spend any way she wanted to (I am guessing they got her name and phone number somehow through scholarship applications). She would have to "register" with $200 to go get the money gram from Wal-Mart. First of all I am pretty sure that you don't have to pay money to register for a money gram. Usually the sender pays a fee and it may be $12- $15 (not $200). I have sent money through money gram lots of times, and had to pay the fee upfront. Secondly I am pretty sure it is "illegal" to give free money to a minor. Third- my dad worked for the government and if you were to get money from them - they would not call you and send it to Wal-mart and it would not cost you anything. Grants and scholarships are "free" money and you should never send money to get either. This is a SCAM caller and they just want your banking information so they can steal from you and they are preying on students. They called from 347-332-2893 and his name was David.
i recieved this call at 115 pm calif time from a number claiming to be the us treasury dept stating the i was 1of 1700 peaple in my area that was choosen by the treasury dept to recieve a 9000.00 loyality check and i could recieve this money in 3 forms of payment they wanted a credit card # or a bank routing #the 3rd was a check mailed to me so i told them that i didnt have any bank accounts or credit cards due to bank ruptcy and they said that was fine as long as the bank ruptcy was not in the last 6 months they new my full name and adress the 1st# that called me was 202-568-9745 then when i told them to just mail me the check they gave a code which im to give to no one except the 2nd # i was told to call which is 347-332-2893 i did not call this 2nd # due to i think this is a fraud or scam im concerned because of all the cyber attacks and so forth who do i call to see if this is true or a false scam and if it is a scam i hope they get caught my # is 916 548-0467 this is my cell please call me on what actions to take paul i give you permission to leave a detailed message if needed thank you
Received a call from this number Feb 13, 2017 at 3:02pm CST. Caller stated I was the beneficiary of a $9000 government grant that I would not need to pay back. The caller gave me a code and this number to call to speak to a rep. who would release the funds to me and I could pick up at the nearest Walmart, CVS, Walgreens or Moneygram location
Received a call from this number Feb 14, 2017 at 9:20am PT. Caller stated I was the beneficiary of a $9000 government grant that I would not need to pay back. The caller gave me a code and this number to call to speak to a rep. who would release the funds to me and I could pick up at the nearest Walmart, CVS, Walgreens or Moneygram location
I received the same call and did call 2nd number and they said same as above and that I would need to pay 200.00 and would recieve 9200. when I paid the 200. I was set to go to Walgreens but I am hesitant on going to do this